City of Pittsburgh - File #: 2020-0124

• File #: 2020-0124
• Version: 1
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed Finally
• File created: 2/14/2020
• In control: Committee on Finance and Law
• On agenda: 2/18/2020
• Final action: 2/25/2020
• Enactment date: 2/25/2020
• Enactment #: 80
• Effective date: 2/26/2020
• Title: Resolution amending resolution 629 of 2019 entitled "a resolution authorizing the purchase of certain property by the City of Pittsburgh, in lieu of eminent domain, in order to advance City's proposed permanent closure of the Timberland Bridge;" to provide specific payee information and adjust the code account information to the 2020 year.
• Indexes: AGREEMENTS (AMENDING), PROPERTY ACQUISITION

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
2/26/2020	1	Mayor	Signed by the Mayor
2/25/2020	1	City Council	Passed Finally	Pass
2/19/2020	1	Standing Committee	Affirmatively Recommended	Pass
2/18/2020	1	City Council	Waived under Rule 8	Pass
2/18/2020	1	City Council	Read and referred

Title

Resolution amending resolution 629 of 2019 entitled “a resolution authorizing the purchase of certain property by the City of Pittsburgh, in lieu of eminent domain, in order to advance City’s proposed permanent closure of the Timberland Bridge;” to provide specific payee information and adjust the code account information to the 2020 year.

Body

WHEREAS, the City of Pittsburgh has determined that it is in the best interests of the City and community to close the Timberland Bridge; and

WHEREAS, in lieu of taking by eminent domain, the City seeks to purchase certain property impacted by the proposed permanent closure of the Timberland Bridge; and

WHEREAS, the property owners involved have agreed to sell said property to the City; and

WHEREAS, the City wishes to enter into an agreement with the property owner in order to acquire said property impacted by the proposed permanent closure of the Timberland Bridge.

Be it resolved by the Council of the City of Pittsburgh as follows:

Section 1. Resolution 629 of 2019, entitled “a resolution authorizing the purchase of certain property by the City of Pittsburgh, in lieu of eminent domain, in order to advance City’s proposed permanent closure of the Timberland Bridge;” shall be amended as follows:                      

Section 2. The Mayor and the Director of the Department of Finance, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, is authorized to enter into an agreement for the sale and purchase, in lieu of taking by eminent domain, of certain property located at 402 Timberland Avenue in the 18^th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh, County of Allegheny, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, identified as Block and Lot Number 34-G-76; and 406 Timberland Avenue in the 18^th and 19^th  Ward of the City of Pittsburgh, County of Allegheny, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, identified as Block and Lot Number 34-G-74, with the current property owner of said parcels, Mustafa Erbilen.

The purchase price, closing costs, and other associated auxiliary costs as stipulated in said Agreement of Sale (collectively the “Acquisition Costs”) shall not exceed eighty thousand dollars ($80,000).

Funding for said agreement shall be authorized for appropriation from the following code account:

Fund Account	Account Fund	JDE Cost Center	Budget Year	Amount
11101	58105 58015	108000	2020[19]	$80,000